The Ocean Escape 2010 Award Winners

Norwegian Epic was voted as Cruise Ship of the Year for 2010.
Photo Credit: Cruise Man 3000



Since The Ocean Escape Blog was created, in June 2010, there have been two monthly cruise award winners. Every month there is a new cruise line and cruise ship of the month. What's the purpose of these awards? Check out my previous blog post, Why Have a Cruise Line and Cruise Ship of the Month? We have 7 new cruise ships coming out in 2011, check back throughout the year to see if any of them win awards with The Ocean Escape!

Here's a recap of 2010's Cruisetacular award winners...
Month                Cruise Ship                         Cruise Line
July 2010:       Caribbean Princess          Norwegian Cruise Line
Aug. 2010:     Norwegian Epic                Disney Cruise Line
Sept. 2010:    Navigator of the Seas       Princess Cruises
Oct. 2010:     MSC Poesia                      Celebrity Cruises
Nov. 2010:    m/s Oosterdam                  Cunard Line
Dec. 2010:    Celebrity Solstice               Holland America Line

Musicians We Lost in 2010

2010 was Cruisetastic!

Chillin' in Nassau, Bahamas with Carnival Sensation!
Photo Credit: Cruise Man 3000

Dear Cruise Fans,


I just wanted to thank you for all of the cruising joy that you brought in 2010! I debuted into the online cruise realm in June 2010, and I am so thankful that you allowed me to join in with the cruising conversations as if I were here for decades!

I had a blast giving every #TravelTuesday and #FollowFriday shout out on Twitter, creating my own “cruise lingo” with some interactive cruise tweeps, and sharing my cruise videos with the masses via YouTube! Thanks for participating in my polls and for giving positive feedback and constructive criticism, I loved it all!

I will be sure to bring you greater cruise reviews, news and videos in 2011, so stay posted. I hope you have a safe and wonderful holiday, and be sure to keep cruising! See you on the high seas in the New Year!

Keep Cruising Y’all,

Cruise Man 3000

DESTROY ALL MOVIES!!!

Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film special event in LA

DESTROY ALL MOVIES trailer! (final) from Hadrian Belove on Vimeo.

Raw concert clips, post-apocalyptic gang fantasies and scene survivors will blow the doors off the Not-At-All-Silent Movie Theatre with rare footage from the East Coast, West Coast and both ends of the pond.

See all the movie trailers here Cinefamily.org



Buy the book here Amazon.com
(be sure to click "Look inside")




Blogload: Soundtrack: Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984) - tooshortalife.blogspot.com
Vidload: Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984) - www.worldscinema.com

R.I.P.

Ari Up, a Founder of the Slits Punk Band, Dies at 48 - NYTimes.com

"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" that Arianna Up (Forster), the singer of the Slits, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 48 (thanks biopunk).
Her death was reported on the Web site of her stepfather, John Lydon,

Fourteen Reasons The Slits' Ari Up Was Cool





Wikipedia: The Slits

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/theslits

Blogload: The Slits - Cut - borxoff.blogspot.com

Blogload 2: The Slits - Return Of The Giant Slits - commercialzone.blogspot.com

Blogload 3: (for Estanis) The Slits - Primavera Festival 2010
mondo-de-muebles.blogspot.com

Battle of the Streaming Music Services

Lifehacker.com does the Battle of the Streaming Music Services - Which one do you prefer?

Los Lobos

Their new album 'Tin Can Trust' is due out on Aug. 3.

More here: First Listen: Los Lobos, 'Tin Can Trust' : NPR

Listen here:

RIP MJ

Chris Cornell of Soundgarden - Billie Jean Live @ MSN

Before the Music Dies

Hulu.com - Before the Music Dies

This documentary explores the reason why so few companies currently control the music played on the radio and for sale at retail stores, and whether corporations really have the power to silence musical innovation. - Watch the full feature film on Hulu.com now. Its really good.

UPDATE
Apparently, you can only watch Hulu in the U.S. So, for our friends outside the U.S. of A, you'll have to piece it all together on YouTube. Here is part 1 of 13:
YouTube - Music Industry Crisis (1/13) "Before The Music Dies"

Boxee

Boxee - Best media center I've ever used.
Works on Linux, Mac and Windows. FREE!!!

Boxee Beta from boxee on Vimeo.

I use my laptop as a media center, just installed Boxee (Ubuntu version) and plugged it into the flat screen in my living room.

The Pirate Bay: 4 Years After The Raid

Today, exactly four years have passed since The Pirate Bay was raided by the Swedish police. While the entertainment industries hoped that this would be the end of their troubles, in hindsight they’ve created a a multi-headed hydra that is impossible to kill. The events that unfolded could easily be turned into a Hollywood blockbuster.

Sad News

Sadly, Malcolm McLaren, manager of Sex Pistols, Adam and The Ants and Bow Wow Wow, as well as musician, passed away this morning at the age of 64 from cancer. He was briefly the manager of The New York Dolls too.



The Life And Times Of Malcolm McLaren

Wikipedia: Malcolm McLaren

Video: Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals - youtube

Blogload: Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock - fhensofunkmusic.blogspot.com

R.I.P.

R.I.P. Alex Chilton
Legendary Big Star member Alex Chilton passed away last night in a New Orleans hospital, apparently after suffering a heart attack. He was 59.



Wikipedia: Alex Chilton

Blogload: Alex Chilton "Dalai Lama" 1987 - double 7"/45rpm (New Rose Rec/special numbered edition: 2481) - twilightzone-rideyourpony.blogspot.com

R.I.P.

Knack's lead singer Doug Fieger dies at 57 - freep.com (Detroit Free Press)
Fieger, best known as the founding vocalist-guitarist of the Knack, died this morning at home in Woodland Hills, Calif., after a six-year battle with cancer. He was 57.

Good Girls Don't (1979)


Wikipedia: The Knack...
Singer Doug Fieger (August 21, 1952 - February 14, 2010) was a native of Oak Park, Michigan - a northern suburb of Detroit, Michigan - and had previously played in an eclectic rock band called Sky as well as The Sunset Bombers. Fieger was the brother of Detroit-area attorney Geoffrey Fieger, best known for representing Dr. Jack Kevorkian in a series of assisted suicide cases. Of the four original members of The Knack (Fieger, Berton Averre - Guitar, Prescott Niles - Bass, and Bruce Gary - Drums), only Averre and Niles still currently play as The Knack. Bruce Gary died from lymphoma on August 22, 2006 at the age of 55.




LINK FIXED
Blogload: Get The Knack (1979) - homerc.blogspot.com

Lemmy: The Movie

Coming sometime in 2010:
Lemmy: The Movie